Ep154 Negotiate like a CEO with Jotham Stein
The Silicon Valley Podcast
What you can negotiate in offers
Jotham lists negotiable terms—severance, acceleration, compensation, metrics, signing and guaranteed first-year bonuses.
Show Notes Jotham Stein
Jotham S. Stein is the principal of the Law Offices of Jotham S. Stein P.C. (www.jotham.com). Mr. Stein has more than twenty-five years of experience representing entrepreneurs, C-Suite executives, board members, venture capitalists, private equity principals, investment bankers as well as employees of companies of all types and sizes. Mr. Stein has negotiated numerous employment agreements, separation agreements, M & A agreements, change in control agreements, stock option agreements, restricted stock agreements, management carve out agreements, non-compete agreements, and much more.
Mr. Stein is also a litigator. He has represented individuals and corporate clients in state and federal courts and in multidistrict litigation, before state and federal agencies, and in arbitration, including before JAMS, the American Arbitration Association and FINRA. Mr. Stein has also served as part-time General Counsel of a high-technology Silicon Valley company.
Mr. Stein is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Princeton University. He is admitted to practice in California, Illinois, New York, Colorado and the District of Columbia as well as the United States Supreme Court, United States Courts of Appeals for the Seventh, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits and several United States District Courts. He is also a member of multiple bar associations, including the American Bar Association.
Mr. Stein’s new book, Negotiate Like a CEO, is an engaging look at how top entrepreneurs and executives protect themselves and how you can too.
Mr. Stein is also the author of the professional guide for attorneys: Executive Employment Law: Protecting Executives, Entrepreneurs and Employees (first published by Oxford University Press, and now its ninth edition, published by Mathew Bender/LexisNexis).
We talk about
What is better, to get a two-page offer letter or a 50-page offer letter and why?
Should negotiations be done face-to-face or with the new world, is zoom, ok?
What are the areas of an employment contract that can be negotiated?
What are single action and double action triggers in a contract?
Connect with Jothem Stein
(3) Jotham S. Stein | LinkedInjothamstein@jotham.com
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